What was your favorite book of the year... or the decade?

On the next Your Call, we'll be joined by two local independent bookstore owners for our end-of-the-year book show. 2010 is coming to a close and we want to know what you've been reading this year. Which books have you enjoyed most? Which have been the most telling of our time? Have any classics resurfaced for you? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Considering books as holiday gifts? Which ones? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kevin Hunsanger, an owner of Green Apple Books

Rachel Meier, general manager and buyer at Booksmith

Lee Azus, owner of Get Lost bookstore

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How are non-profits faring in the current economy?

On the next Your Call, we will have a conversation about the effects of the economic crisis and budget cuts on non-profits in the Bay Area. According to United Way annual survey, last year 62% of non-profits continued to struggle with declining revenue and increased demand, so how are they coping? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you have a favorite non-profit you support or do you depend on their services? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Brian Higgins, spokesperson for Alameda County Community Food Bank

Aimee Durfee, VP of Community Investments at United Way

Michael Braude, director of finance and administration with the San Francisco Food Bank

Susan Olson, executive director of Pajaro Valley Shelter Services

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss media eulogies of Richard Holbrooke, the top U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan who passed away earlier this week. We will also talk about the major inmate Protests at Six Georgia Prisons. What explains the lack of coverage? We'll be joined by Guardian's Jonathan Steele, Sacramento Bee's Charles Piller, and Black Agenda's Bruce Dixon. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Charles Piller, an investigative reporter with Sacramento Bee

Bruce A. Dixon, the managing editor of Black Agenda Report

Jonathan Steele, a columnist and roving foreign correspondent with Guardian of London

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What do you think of President Obama's performance so far?

On the next Your Call we'll get your reaction to the Obama administration's record. A number of high-profile progressives sent a public letter to members of the "Establishment Left," referring to the Obama administration as "an implacable enemy of reform" and calling for the re-ignition of a true progressive movement. How do you explain Obama's moves on tax cuts, healthcare, and the environment? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you still have hopes for Obama in office? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dahr Jamail, independent journalist and author
Bill Fletcher, Jr., senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author, political analyst, and radio host

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When is seeing spying?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about the role of surveillance in society today. More than ever, in this age of digital technology, our actions are being viewed, tracked, and recorded -- usually without us even knowing it. A current exhibit at the SFMOMA, called Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera Since 1870 poses questions about the history of seeing and spying. Where are the limits of our civil liberties when it comes to privacy and surveillance? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator of photography at the SFMOMA

Trevor Paglen, artist, writer, and experimental geographer

Linda Lye, staff attorney with the Northern California ACLU

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What does food 'safety' mean to you?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about the Food Safety Modernization Act that would give the FDA broader scope of regulation over the nation's food growers. Consumer advocates are celebrating the bill as a way to prevent food-borne illness. But some small scale farmers say it will drown them in paperwork and fees and will lead to more sterilized--but not necessarily safer--food and soil. What is the best way to keep our food supply safe? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dave Runsten, policy director with Community Alliance for Family Farms

Ken Kimes, owner of New Natives farm in Aptos, California

Patty Lovera, assistant director of Food and Water Watch

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Should public water be privatized?

What does the privatization of public water systems mean for citizens and who is fighting back? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the growing trend to privatize the country's water. Private companies are increasingly moving in to take over the operation of municipal waters systems by operating and profiting from reservoirs and other water-storage projects. Who is pushing for privatization? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are communities fighting back? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Emily Wurth, Program Director at Food & Water Watch's "Water: Private Vs. Public"

Jim Graham, one of the founders of the Felton Friends of Locally Owned Water (FLOW)

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the climate change conference in Cancun and how WikiLeaks cables revealed the U.S. manipulated previous climate talks. We'll also focus on the media narratives around the extension of the Bush tax cuts. We'll be joined by Tax Note's David Cay Johnston, columnist David Sirota and independent journalist Mark Hertsgaard. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
David Cay Johnston, a Tax Analysts' columnist

David Sirota, a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, and radio co-host

Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation's environment correspondent

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Is corporate PR killing true health care?

On the next Your Call we'll talk with Wendell Potter, author of Deadly Spin. A former executive of CIGNA, Potter is now an outspoken critic of the health insurance industry and its massive PR machine, which he says uses tactics from euphemisms to third party front groups to protect profits over patients. Has corporate media spun you around on the health care debate? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we see through the spin and fight for real reform? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Wendell Potter, senior fellow on health care at the Center for Media and Democracy and author of Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out On How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans.

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What will it take to pass the Dream Act?

What will it take to pass the Dream Act? And what's in it? On the next Your Call we'll talk about the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act which goes before the Senate on Wednesday. If passed, it would provide a path to normalization for young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. But how effective will the Dream Act be without comprehensive immigration reform? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Would the Dream Act affect you or someone you know? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Julianne Hing, reporter and blogger for ColorLines

Jose Arreola, student outreach coordinator with Educators for Fair Consideration

Lisa Chen, community advocate with Asian Law Caucus

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How has WikiLeaks changed your view of the world?

How has the latest round of revelations from WikiLeaks changed your view of the world? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about WikiLeaks. Do you think the release of state secrets is important for your understanding of U.S. foreign relations? WikiLeaks has published nearly 250,000 diplomatic cables from the State Department in Washington and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is under attack. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What compels you most about what WikiLeaks has exposed? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sanjoy Banerjee, professor of International Relations at SFSU

Melvin A. Goodman, former CIA analyst and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy

Adrienne Pine, assistant professor of Anthropology at American University specializing in Latin America.

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Why aren't banks lending?

On the next Your Call, we continue with our Agenda for a New Economy series by looking at why financial institutions are clamping down on lending. In 2009 lending contracted 7.4%. Why are individuals and businesses still having a hard time borrowing? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is the continuing home foreclosure crisis affecting people who'd like to get loans now? And who has the power to make the banks loosen their purse strings? That's on Monday's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Liz Ryan Murray, senior policy analyst at National People's Action and co-author of the report "Gaming the System."

Rob Larson, Assistant Prof. of Economics at Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington, Indiana

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of nearly 250,000 state department cables released by Wikileaks. We'll also talk about the economy as 800,000 people are set to loose their unemployment benefit next week, as well as escalation in tensions on the Korean Peninsula. We'll be joined by Huffington Post's Arthur Delaney, Aljazeera's Richard Gizbert, and veteran Donald Kirk joins us from Seoul. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you

Guests:
Arthur Delaney, economic reporter with Huffington Post

Richard Gizbert, host of Al Jazeera English's weekly media watch program, The Listening Post

Donald Kirk, a veteran newspaper correspondent based in South Korea

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How can we protect kids from marketers?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the industry of advertising to children. San Francisco supervisors voted to regulate Happy Meals in the city, but it's the slightest dent in the onslaught of clever marketing directed at kids--on TV, online, and in public. How has marketing directed at kids grown? How has it changed with the internet? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the tools available for parents and communities to fight back? It's Your Call with Hana Baba and you.

Guests:
Susan Linn, director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood

Dan Coates, president of Youth Pulse, Inc.

Marisa Connolly, senior communications manager for Common Sense Media

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Is Antarctica the canary in the coal mine?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Fen Montaigne, author of Fraser's Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica. Montaigne spent 5 months with penguin researcher Bill Fraser, documenting the effects of climate change on Antarctica and its inhabitants, including the rapidly diminishing colonies of Adelie penguins. What do the changing landscape and ecosystems of Antarctica bode for the rest of us as the planet heats up? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Fen Montaigne, journalist and author of Fraser's Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica

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Is liberalism dead?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Chris Hedges, author of Death of the Liberal Class. Hedges says, "The tragedy of the liberal class and the institutions it controls is that it succumbed to opportunism and finally to fear. It abrogated its moral role. It did not defy corporate abuse when it had the chance." Is the chance now expired? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is needed to revive progressive politics in the U.S.? It's Your Call with Matt Martin and you.

Guest:
Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Death of the Liberal Class

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What's the next step to slow global warming?

As the conference on climate change kicks off in Cancun, what's the next step to slow global warming? On the next Your Call, we'll hear a pre-taped conversation Rose Aguilar had with the Center for Investigative Reporting's Mark Schapiro. After the defeat of efforts to pass a cap-and-trade bill, what's the Obama Administration's next move? Is a global approach the way to go, or will real progress be made at the state level? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guest:
Mark Schapiro, a senior correspondent, Center for Investigative Reporting

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What can we learn from Native American environmentalism?

What can we learn from Native Americans' relationship with the land and environment? On the next Your Call, we'll rebroadcast our program from Indigenous People's Day. Native American reservations have been targeted for fossil fuel development, leading to the contamination and depletion of water, land and community health. How are indigenous communities responding? How are indigenous communities creatively tackling the many environmental problems we face?

Guests:
Nikke Alex, director of Black Mesa Water Coalition

Kandi Mossett, Tribal Campus Climate Challenge Organizer of the Indigenous Environmental Network

Charon Asetoyer, Comanche, founder and executive director of the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center

How important is "snail mail" to you?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the health of the country's mail carrier system. The U.S. Postal Service is facing a fiscal crisis that's threatening to close post offices, raise rates, and reduce services. Can digital communication take the place of postal correspondence? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do post offices help create community? And what's at stake when the Postal Service loses ground? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
John Beaumont, California state president of the National Association of Letter Carriers

Mandalit Del Barco, NPR reporter covering USPS proposal to eliminate Saturday mail delivery

Noah Adams, NPR reporter covering USPS rural deliveries

Philip Rubio, Assistant Professor of History at North Carolina A&T State University and author of There's Always Work at the Post Office

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How are Obama's counterterrorism policies different from Bush's?

How are the Obama administration's counterterrorism policies different from the Bush administration's? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about Homeland Security under Obama and whether policies have changed at all since Bush. Public outrage is growing over the new use of body-scanners and intrusive pat-downs at airports. How do they fit into the larger picture? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. President Obama doesn't use the term "war on terror," but is his approach different? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Nico Melendez is Public Affairs Manager for the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) for California, Arizona, and Hawaii

Linda Lye, an attorney with the Northern California ACLU

Karen Greenberg, executive director of the Center on Law and Security at the NYU School of Law and co-editor of The Enemy Combatant Papers: American Justice, the Courts, and the War on Terror

Zahra Billoo, executive director for the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)

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